This girl had a fucking reason to talk to anyone. The two Ken dolls in the fucking making exchanged looks. Skyla hurried off to play with Sienna, who was currently playing in the ball pit, with Raihana crouching down next to them and talking to her. She wasn’t the type to be so hands-on usually, but with Delsanra in her current state, I knew she was trying her best to do what she could.
I went over to Darien and Serena, picking up the tongs and flipping the meat patties.
How is she today?Darien asked through the link, and I knew he had opened the link to both Serena and me. I didn’t need to ask who he fucking meant. Serena had been there when Kiara forgot the passcode.
She’s forgotten we’re married,I remarked coldly, doing my fucking all not to let my emotions show. I flipped another patty over, remaining emotionless. Serena’s heart was thudding.
She’ll…. will it… I mean, will she be okay?She asked.
I don’t know, but it makes the incentive to find this fucker fast even more vital. We have Dante and Del being run down with this curse, Kiara’s losing her memory, and the fucker’s son is on our pack grounds, who he doesn’t seem to care for. Time’s running the fuck out, and I need to fix this shit.
Weneed to fix this. We are a pack, a family, and we do this stuff together,Darien added, looking me in the eye. I gave a small nod.Yeah, we will…Drake checked the name of the woman Luna Catherine mentioned yesterday. He said her files are coming up classified. I think if we want answers, someone’s going to have to fly out there…Darien explained.
I frowned. I couldn’t rely on anyone else to do this… but I also couldn’t leave everyone here alone. Fuck, this was messed up…
I’ll figure some shit out. Pack meeting tonight at ten.I let everyone who I needed to be there know through the pack-link. I took off five of the patties, lost in thought.
“Anything?” I askedRaihana as she entered my home office, her face serious.
They were to leave soon, and she had just checked on Kiara’s memory. Although I hadn’t asked in front of Kiara, I was fucking worried to hear if Raihana managed to find something. She had just told Kiara she wanted to check her over, which wasn’t exactly a lie, and so Kiara hadn’t picked up on it.
“No. I can’t seem to see anything blocking her mind or any sort of spell. This is something I feel totally at a loss with. I was thinking if I did some research, maybe I could find something about djinn and their magic. What if I called on my witch ancestors-”
“Del cut that link you had to them, we all know they are no longer bound to you. If you summon any for answers, it’s going to be a fucking risk, and we are in no way in fucking hell risking Endora to come back in any form. I’ve made it clear I am not risking anyone else.”
“Uncle, this is my family, too. I’m a Rossi. I’m capable of so much more than this.” She came over to the desk, and, for a moment, it was like the sixteen-year-old girl I first began to get to know was before me as she glared down at me, displeased.
“You are doing enough, but I need you at your best and fucking safe.” I frowned. “When we brought Enrique here, how far out do you think he was? Any idea? You were clearly fucking exhausted after.”
“I’ve tried to open a portal across the oceans, and I’m unable to. My limit is 400 miles, give or take, if I go by what I have tried to pinpoint. I think we are looking at some location under 300 miles.” So she had been trying to figure this shit out already…
“Yeah? How can you be so sure?”
“I’ve been trying to figure it out, and don’t worry, I’m being careful,” she added with an eye roll.
“Yeah, good,” I replied coldly.
“Honestly, I’m not a child,” she growled, frowning at me. “Anyway, I think I opened a portal up north… I wanted to use the piece of fabric to see if I could find anything else, but Kat didn’t want to let me look at it again.” I frowned. She had that shit? But the fucker was here… “Hey, don’t tell her you know. She asked for it back and said not to tell you or Kia…” Raihana replied, looking concerned. “I did mention it to Kia, of course.”
I felt my stomach twist. So my own daughter didn’t want to share shit with me? Fucking great. This was the same girl who would talk to me day in and day fucking out.
“I won’t mention it. I don’t get her fucking infatuation with him, but the kid lost a hand for helping her… do you think there’s any way we could fix that shit?” I asked her. I didn’t think I’d be the one to ask that. She looked defeated and shook her head.
“I don’t think there is, but I will look into it. Once I get back, I’ll look in the grimoires or see if I can find anything about cell regeneration.” I nodded.
“Yeah, let me know if you see anything. I’ve still not heard from his father.”
“Well, shall I just check his mind before we go? See if we can learn anything?” I shook my head.
“As much as I fucking want to, Kiara refused to allow me to use the child like that.”
“We can do it without her knowing,” Raihana offered hesitantly. I sighed. I was tempted. I needed answers… and if that boy had some…
“Give me a little time. I’ll try to question him today. If he doesn’t spill, then we’ll work on something.”
We exchanged looks, and she nodded. I was about to say something when I thought I heard something. I leaned forward, honing in on everything around me. What was that…? Beyond the beating of our hearts… there it was… a tiny beat. I looked up at Raihana sharply. She was watching me curiously.
“Yeah, I was right, you need to take it fucking easy, and this time, I mean for fucking real.”
